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To prefer evil to good is not in human nature and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less. – Plato

Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a liking to you. – Roy Rogers

There is no harm in repeating a good thing. – Plato

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. – Bertrand Russell

When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first. – Ernest Hemingway

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man. – Plato

The good is the beautiful. – Plato

Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good. – Plato

Diligence is the mother of good fortune. – Benjamin Disraeli

In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind. – Gilbert Parker

I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up. – Lana Turner

Better is the enemy of good. – Voltaire

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are. – Marianne Williamson

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it. – Jean Cocteau

Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished. – Og Mandino

In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by. – Lucille Ball

If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you. – Margaret Thatcher

I intend to fight and I want to win. But my priorities are basically to be a good Brother and a strong one, and to try to be a good father one day. – Mike Tyson

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. – Edmund Burke